The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-04
HAWAIIAN PARLIAMENT.
Opening of a Special Session OF the
Legislature by the King.

sion of the Legislature of the klngdom was
opened at the Legislative Hall, Alnolanl
Hale by His Majesty the King IN person
It was a beautiful day and the event at
tracted large number of people. During
the week the Hall had been prepared for
the opening. On the dais seats were placed
for the royal party. Directly IN front o
the dals were seats for the Ministers, ana
behind them the Mobiles and Representa-
tives, who were al present with three excep-
tons. On the right, looking toward the dals,
were seats for the foreign representatives
Consular corp, privy councillors and ON
GERS of the men-of-war. On the left sat the
Justices of the Supreme Court, the Adml-
raj and commanders of the different war
vessels in port. The following gentlemen
acted as ushers: Captain III. w. Mist, Il.
N, Secretary of Foreign Affairs; John A.
Hassinger, Chief Clerk of the Interior De
partment; w. O. Atwater, Henry Smith,
George E. Smithies, Edward Styles, IL. w.
Aud and A. S. Mahaulu. Four kahili-
bearers were stationed on the dais. The
Royal Hawaiian Band was stationed in
ront of the building near to the Kameha
meha statue The Honolulu Rifles battal-
ion, in command of Lieutenant-ColonelV V.
V. Ashford, took their position on both
sides of the carriage drives leading to the
Hall and presented very creditable ap-
pearance.
Among those present in the Hall were
noticed: His Excellency George w. Mer-
rill, United States Minister Resident and
Mrs Merrill; Major J. H. Wodehouse, H
B. NJ. Commissioner and Consul-General;
Monsieur Laurent Cochelet, J rench Con-
sui and Commissioner; Senior A. de Souza
Canavarro, Portuguese Consul and Com
missioner; Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kim
berley, U. S. flagship Vandalia; Captain
Henry L. Howison, .. S. s. Vandalia;
Commander George T. Davis, U. S. S. Ju-
niata; Commander B. F. Day, U. S. S.
Mohican and officers of all three vessels;
Mr.. F. A. Schaefer, Consul for Italy and
Dean of the Consular Corp; Mr. Thomas
R. Walker, Acting British Vice-Consul and
Mrs. Walker; Mr. H. F. Glade, Consul for
the German Empire and Mrs. Glade; Mr..
H. r. Macfarlane, Consul for Denmark and
Mrs. Macfarlane; Mr.. r. w. Lame, Consul
for Mexico and Vice-Consul for Spain and
Mrs Lame; Mr.. H. w. Schmidt, Consul
for Sweden and Norway; Mr.. E. Muller,
Acting Consul for Belgium; Mr.. Goo Kim,
Assistant Commercial Agent for China
Honorables w. C. Parke, H. NJ. Whitney,
w. D. Alexander, w. J. Smith and Paul
Neumann, members of the Privy Council
of State. The large hall was filled in every
part with an audience consisting of our
most prominent citizens, there being a
good sprinkling of the fair sex. The Gov
eminent and Consular flags were flying.
Precisely at II o'clock the Royal Hawa-
| iian Band struck up with the national
anthem announcing the arrival OF Their
| Maiestles the King and Queen at Aliiolani
Hale. A few minutes later the following
ladies entered the Legislative Hall and
took seats to the right of the dais: Mrs. A.
F. Judd, Mrs. L. McCully, Mrs. r. F.
Blckerton, Mrs. G. P. Iaukea and Mrs G.
W. Ashford. The procession then entered
in the following order: Their Honors
Justices R. F. Bickerton, Ed Preston and
McCully; His Majesty's Ministers, their
Excellencies W. L. Green, Godfrey Brown,
L. A Thurston and G. w. Ashford; His
Honor A. F. Judd, Chancellor of the King
dom; Hon. j. L. Kaulukou, Marshal of
| the Kingdom; Col. G. P. Iaukea, His
Majesty's Chamberlain; Their Majesties
the King and Queen; II. r. H. Princess
Liliuokalani, H. r. II. Princess Kaiulani,
and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn. The Royal
party was attended by Colonel J. H. Boyd
of His Majesty's staff, Majors J. D. Holt
and H F. Bertlemann of the Governors
staff.
AS soon as the Royal party had taken
their positions on the dais the Rev Alex
Macintosh, chaplain of the royal house
| hold, offered up prayer in Hawaiian.
Col Iaukea then handed to His Majesty
| the royal portfolio containing the speech.
His Majesty first read it in Hawaiian and
afterwards in English.
THE KINGS SPEECH.
Following is the English text of the
| speech:
Mobiles and epresentatives-Yo You have
been called together in extraordinary ses-
| sion at the earliest practicable moment
after your election under the New Consti-
tuition, in order that you may revise and
amend certain Acts which have been
found to be imperative, unconstitutional
or conflicting in their terms. Amongst
these are the Opium Bill and the Act to
Organize the Military Forces of the King
dom; also the law relating to Notaries
Public and that relating to Corporations.
Another reason is that you may con-
slider the adyisability of changing the
method of administrator of certain de-
paftments of the public service, which do
not secure to the country the efficiency
which is desirable.
The circumstances connected with the
negotiation of the loan in London, which
| seems not to have been effected strictly in
accordance with the Loan Act of 1885, will
probably also necessitate some amend
ments thereto. A somewhat different dis
tribution of the amounts appropriated for
| the objects named in 4hat A Of m q :, also ho